Gun turret for submarines



Dec. 26,1922.

H. LECOQ.

aux TURRET Foa suMAmNEs.

FILED DEC. 22, i921.

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H LEGQCL GUN TUHRET ,FR SUBMRINES min DEc.22.1921.

Dec. 26, 1922.

7' ATTORNEY Dec. 26, 1922. 1,440,020.,

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GUN TURRET FOR SUBMARINES.

FILED Dic. 22. 1921. -a SHEETS-sain 3.

INVENTOR AT1-ORN EY Patented Dec. 26, 1922.

UNITED STATES HENRI LECOQ, 0F LE HAVRE,

PATEN 'r FRANCE, ASSIGNOR TO CHANTIERS & ATELIERS AUGUSTIN NORMANILOF LE HAVRE, FRANCE, A CORPORATIDN OF FRANCE.

GUN TUB-RET FOR SUBMARINES.

Application filed December 22, 1921.

Lulu LnCcQ: citizee'z usefu. Iniprm'ements in `Gun 'turrets for Submurii und I do here uecure the following te he u tull, eleur, und exact description ,ft the inventionj us Wiil erf uhie other irillediu the art te 'which it zu'ii'iertans Le ineke und use the same.

The present invention has Yor its obje/etto place the gun or guns et submarine in u turret .intended for the pr e tion et the gunners, this turret being moreover incerporated in the loodr o' the super-structure itself in such u manner es t-s engthen the contour thereof und thus reduce the resist- :uiee to mmement of the submarine when submerged.

rThe uccoinpuuying Figures i 'te G shouf* two methods oi rurryinga out the inw-intimi. i `i u'ii1es 2 und applying te one exemple whilst the Figures 4, 5 und 6 refer to unother exemple. In each cese the ligure show u section of that part oit the submarine in which the turret is leczited, u pun und un end View ot the turret in eleraition. f In the exemple selected beth in theI Figures l te 5E, und 4C to t5 it is thut the turret .located superstructure body; the construction would he the seme in the case where the gun or guns were pluced atthe buck et the seid body.

The reference numerals ure the sume in the two series of Figures l, if, und il, 5, (3.

The crew enters the turret i through the upper purt ot the dome which is provided with u Wide opening 2 without u closing device. The turret encloses in addition to the ejun und its Crew u magazine 'for ammunition in Whith the shells 4r ure simply stered in the ordinary manner, but in which the. charges are encieseil in seperate imter tight csing capable ot offering' resistance at lthe assumed .fn iront et the maximum submersion depth ot the sub-y marine.

Serial No. 524,253.

(in the :tide eppo 'jun in its iiositioii :imm tien n gezins iA seperate ce I muggen rse promued .vith un aperture iut u eosiiugi device in 'the upp r part ci its dome. This aperture permits the turret to he supplied with ammunition.

The platee the mult und the turret ure j rc d with fuienings which permit the free recess ei" the 'water to 'these two purts f the in-funent of submersion.

n the urrfuieement shown in Figures l, und A ez ieu made ter the crew to pass along the turret. ut 3 (without enteringr it)7 h3' ineens et foot bridges or gangu'uys arranged on euch side of this turret :it the height of the deck. The wells of the lower part ot the turret ngt-hen the con1 tour oi, the leiter@` side of this deck.

arrangement shown in f, 5' und o, provision made for widening the deck of the submarine in such u way that the lower part ot the turret cnn turn completely; in this esse the lower part oi the turret is simpl;v provided with the gang-Ways 8 insuring` the continuity7 of the deck in the position ot' rest. A

Claims:

In :t submarine, the eombiuutien With mili): my signature.

HENRI LECOQ.

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